Improvement in egg-carriers



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JAMES R. 4ASHER, OF OSKALOOSA, IOWA, ASSIGNOR 'IO HIMSELF AND ROBERT I. ROBESON, OF SAME PLACE.

Ltters Patent No. 106,983, dated September 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN ZEG-@CARRIERS The Schedule referred to in these Letter's Patent and making paztof the same.

.of which the following s a specification, reference being had t-o the accompanying drawing which forms a part thereof.

Object mul Nature of my Invention.

The object of my invention consists in making a box in which eggs can be packed and transported without danger of breakage; and

.My invention relates to the canvas pockets, hung suspended so as to keep the eggs separated from eachother, and apart from any hard substance, and to making the box in sections, and providing the bottom of leach sec-tion with a canvas to keep the eggs from being thrown from the pockets.

Description of theDrawing.'

Figure l represents an end view of my egg-box Figure 2, a side view;

Figure 3, a plan view of the box with thev top removed.;

Figure 4, a bottom view of the top section or drawer of the box; and

`Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view, taken at the line a: rv.

General Description.

A and B represent the sections of-my egg-box, held between the top C and bottom D of the box, by the rods E.

F are wires or cords, stretched across the box near the top of each section, to support the canvas pockets H. These pockets are made by laying strips of canvas or papel' across each other, and causing them to hang or sag down between the wires, and form the pockets. The way they are hung overnthe'wires is clearly shown in fig.,5.A The strips cross eachother, forming the pockets, and extend from side to side ot' the box. I prefer making the pockets so that the egg is entirely inclosed.

I is an egg, placed within .one ofthe pockets.

The wires F are represented by dotted lines in Iig. 3. v

J represents a canvas, stretched across the box iu such a position that it will be above aset of pockets when the box is put together. The object of the ca nvas diaphragm is to make a sort of cover foreach set of pockets, to prevent the eggs from being thrown out of them, and also Ato present such asurface as will not break theV eggs if they are thrown against it.

The pockets H vas J.

I pack the eggs on end, each egg in a pocket by itself; they, therefore, will keep a long time, and can be transported without danger of breakage.

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The pockets H may be made of canvas or paper, or other soft material, suitable for the purpose; also, the sections of the box can be made more in the form of drawers, that can lb e rmly fastened within the box. Y

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

lhe box for packing eggs, when composed ot' separate sections A B, secured between a top and bottorn piece by the rods E, and provided with pockets H and canvas J, constructed and arranged substantially as specified and shown.

J AS. R. ASHER. lVitnesses p Y HENRY P. NINDE, L. W. STIRLING.

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